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Sand

Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet.

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Broader term 5

Dirt 76% connected

Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of di…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fortitude 76% connected

Power to resist attack; strength; firmness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Smooth 76% connected

Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Smoothen 76% connected

To make smooth.

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Soil 76% connected

To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sandpaper 74% connected

Paper covered on one side with sand glued fast, -- used for smoothing and polishing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sandpaper 74% connected

Paper covered on one side with sand glued fast, -- used for smoothing and polishing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing substance 5

Beach 70% connected

Pebbles, collectively; shingle.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Concrete 70% connected

United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.

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Quicksand 70% connected

Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of…

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Spit 70% connected

A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.

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Tongue 70% connected

an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.

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Substance part 2

Si 70% connected

A syllable applied, in solmization, to the note B; more recently, to the seventh tone of any major diatonic scale. It was added to Guido's scale by L…

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Silicon 70% connected

A nonmetalic element analogous to carbon. It always occurs combined in nature, and is artificially obtained in the free state, usually as a dark brow…

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Synonym 5

Backbone 92% connected

The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Grit 92% connected

Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gumption 92% connected

Capacity; shrewdness; common sense.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Moxie 92% connected

energy; pep.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sandpaper 92% connected

Paper covered on one side with sand glued fast, -- used for smoothing and polishing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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